Ashley Pearce

The Great War unsettles life at Downton and surprising news about Matthew rocks the family. New maid Ethel irritates O’Brien – and Bates returns with devastating news for Anna.

Carson is finding it tough maintaining standards in the house, and the suicide of a young officer prompts Isobel to suggest converting Downton Abbey into a convalescent hospital.

Poirot arrives in Dover to help determine if Sheila Webb is responsible for a man’s murder. Is there a connection to the discovery of a German mole within the Navy?

Poirot is attending a dinner party when one of the guests chokes to death on a cocktail. With no trace of poison, and no apparent motive, can it be murder?

On holiday in Jerusalem, Poirot hears about an archaeological expedition to Syria led by the eccentric Lord Boynton and his son Leonard, who believe they are on the track of…

James Bentley is arrested for the murder of old Mrs McGinty. It looks like an open and shut case, but Superintendent Spence is not convinced. He turns to Poirot for…